XP slow to boot. Possible malware?

hedgie2701 · Nov 20, 2008

Recently my PC has been slow to boot. It reaches the welcome screen fine and then slows. The desktop is displayed without any icons for more than 3 minutes then all starts fine. I have gone through all the steps in the READ and RUN me first thread and found a few instances of malware but boot is still slow. I am including the logs for you to examine.

hedgie2701 · Nov 20, 2008

The logs from MGtools.

TimW · Nov 21, 2008

This is not a malware issue.

I would suggest that you post in the software section as they may help you tweak your system.

I would suggest you use a Startup Manager.

If you are not having any other malware issues, then:

We recommed you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no real time protection, but are effective as backup scanners. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.

If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)

Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required

"%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /u

Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /u, it must be there.

This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.

Delete the C:\combofix folder from combofix (if it exists)

Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.

If running Vista, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.

Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.

You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip

If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:

Refer to the cleaning steps in the READ ME for your Window version and see the steps to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.

Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.

After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:

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XP slow to boot. Possible malware?

hedgie2701 Private E-2

Attached Files:

ComboFix.txt

mbam-log-2008-11-19 (22-26-47).txt

SUPERAntiSpyware Scan Log - 11-19-2008 - 19-16-58.log

hedgie2701 Private E-2

Attached Files:

MGlogs.zip

TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member